Monday, November 02, 2015

Rugby World Cup Independent Tasks

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about the Rugby World Cup 2015. One of our learning tasks was that we had to choose three or more out of seven rugby tasks. Some involved maths, literacy and all kinds of cool ways to learn. I chose to do this because I was very proud and pleased with my work.

Task 8

Create a table showing the following information.

past RWC winners

past RWC host countries

past RWC years

past RWC captains of winning teams.

Year

Winners

Host Country

Captain of winning team

2011

New Zealand

New Zealand

Richie McCaw

2007

South Africa

France

John Smit

2003

England

Australia

Martin Johnson

1999

Australia

Wales

John Eales

1995

South Africa

South Africa

Francois Pienaar

1991

Australia

United Kingdom

John Eales

1987

New Zealand

New Zealand and Australia

David Kirk

Task 10

Pool Play Choose some data from this page and graph it in an appropriate graph. Make sure your information is correct and you give informative titles.

Task 11

Find out for EACH country and display in an interesting way

Team name

Captain

Population of country

Capital city

Famous landmark

A celebrity from this country that you have heard of before

A celebration in their country

An odd and interesting fact

New Zealand. Team Name: All Blacks. Captain: Richie McCaw. Population: 4.4 million. Capital: Wellington. Famous Landmark: Huka Falls. Celebrity: Jonah Lomu. Celebration: Waitangi Day (6 February) . Odd Fact:The longest place name in the world is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a hill in Hawkes Bay.

(1 June). Interesting Fact: Samoa became an independent country from New Zealand in 1962.

U.S.A. Team Name: Eagles. Captain: Chris Wyles. Population: 318.9 million Capital city: Washington DC. Famous Landmark: Empire State Building. Celebrity: Brad Pitt. Celebration: Martin Luther King Jr Day (3rd Monday of January). Odd Fact: The most dangerous city in the world last year is in the U.S.A; it is called Camden.

Famous Landmark: Rainbow Reef. Celebrity: Nemani Nadolo. Celebration: Fiji Day. Odd Fact: Fiji shares marine boundaries with Vanuatu to the west, New Caledonia (France) to the southwest, Kermadec (New Zealand) to the southeast, Tonga to the east, American Samoa, Samoa and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northeast and Tuvalu to the north.